{"id":3322,"date":"2021-12-20T16:01:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T21:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/20\/another-chelsea-double-personnel-boost-confirmed-before-brentford\/"},"modified":"2021-12-20T16:01:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T21:01:09","slug":"another-chelsea-double-personnel-boost-confirmed-before-brentford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/20\/another-chelsea-double-personnel-boost-confirmed-before-brentford\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Chelsea double personnel boost confirmed before Brentford"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another pair of timely boosts on the personnel front have been confirmed at European champions Chelsea on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dugout-video dugout-embed-eyJrZXkiOiIiLCJwIjoiZ3JlYXRnb2FscyIsInBsIjoibWF0Y2gifQ==\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.dugout.com\/v3.1\/greatgoals.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Londoners faltering<\/h2>\n<p>Thomas Tuchel\u2019s Blues squad has of course taken its place front and centre in the media headlines of late.<\/p>\n<p>This comes with a remarkable stretch of bad luck on the personnel front having culminated in the once imperious capital outfit slipping alarmingly off the pace of the Premier League summit.<\/p>\n<p>Recent weeks alone have seen all of Romelu Lukaku, Timo Werner, Ben Chilwell, N\u2019Golo Kante, Mateo Kovacic, Andreas Christensen, Jorginho, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Callum Hudson-Odoi forced into spells on the sidelines, owing to a combination of injury and Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>And such absentees, in turn, have had an understandable impact on Chelsea\u2019s form.<\/p>\n<p>The Pensioners have managed just a solitary win from their last five across all competitions, allowing Manchester City to open up a six-point advantage over Tuchel and co. in the race for English top-flight supremacy.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, but Chelsea were too forced to settle for a runners-up spot in their Champions League group, owing to a final day collapse at Zenit St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1622309\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1622309\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1622309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1359405460-1024x653.jpg\" alt=\"Another Chelsea double personnel boost confirmed before Brentford\" width=\"1024\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1359405460-1024x653.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1359405460-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1359405460-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1359405460-1536x979.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1359405460-2048x1306.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1359405460-910x580.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1622309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LONDON, ENGLAND \u2013 DECEMBER 16: Jarrad Braithwaite of Everton scores their side\u2019s first goal during the Premier League match between Chelsea and Everton at Stamford Bridge on December 16, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Christensen returns<\/h2>\n<p>As such, it goes without saying that Tuchel\u2019s troops will be keen to get things firmly back on track this coming Wednesday, when they make the short trip to Brentford, for a League Cup quarter-final clash.<\/p>\n<p>And, over the course of the day to date, Chelsea\u2019s hopes of precisely that have been boosted by a series of positive updates on the personnel front.<\/p>\n<p>First, earlier this evening, photos surfaced of Jorginho, forced to sit out the club\u2019s stalemate with Wolves at the weekend, back in full training:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jorginho is back in training after being sent home ahead of Wolves. Chelsea\u2019s upcoming fixtures are going ahead unless stated otherwise. Thomas Tuchel has finally added academy players to the squad ahead of Brentford. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cfc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cfc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A1sAnEugNX\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/A1sAnEugNX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nizaar Kinsella (@NizaarKinsella) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NizaarKinsella\/status\/1472988209726603270?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And now, hours later, yet more encouraging news has emerged from Cobham.<\/p>\n<p>This comes in the form of news that Andreas Christensen, also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/soccer\/chelsea\/news\/andreas-christensen-suffers-injury-blow-amid-chelsea-covid-19-cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unable<\/a> to make the trip to Molineux on Saturday, has rejoined first-team training, alongside Trevoh Chalobah, whose premature departure from the clash quickly set alarm bells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SJohnsonSport\/status\/1472650789113974793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1472650789113974793%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.101greatgoals.com%2Fnews%2Fthomas-tuchel-confirms-chelseas-latest-double-injury-blow-after-wolves%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ringing<\/a> in west London:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chelsea?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Chelsea<\/a> injury updates:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Good news on multiple fronts with Christensen and Chalobah in training and Jorginho testing negative for COVID19 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DsW3pB6GWg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/DsW3pB6GWg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Rajpal Brar, DPT (@3cbPerformance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/3cbPerformance\/status\/1473003155935805441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/chelsea-line-up-move-for-out-of-favour-defender-amid-ben-chilwell-injury\/\">Chelsea line up move for out of favour defender amid Ben Chilwell injury<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/why-mateo-kovacic-earned-the-wrath-of-thomas-tuchel-during-chelseas-draw-with-wolves\/\">Why Mateo Kovacic \u2018earned the wrath\u2019 of Thomas Tuchel during Chelsea\u2019s draw with Wolves<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Another pair of timely boosts on the personnel front have been confirmed at European champions Chelsea on Monday evening. Londoners faltering Thomas Tuchel\u2019s Blues squad has of course taken its place front and centre in the media headlines of late. This comes with a remarkable stretch of bad luck on the personnel front having [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-3322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3322\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}